When asked whether Israel should attack Iran, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Benny Gantz said that "with proper international and Israeli preparations this challenge can be met, and (allow us) to stay here as to fulfill the Zionist dream for dozens and hundreds of years to come."

As for the issue of women's exclusion in the public sphere, Gantz stated: "There is no women's exclusion in the IDF! Period! It just doesn't exists." (Yoav Zitun)